The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank, has ratified a record loan of $505 million for the Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) in the fiscal year 2011 so Vietnamese banks can help local firms boost foreign trade. The...
Japan pledged to provide JPY500 billion ($6.4 billion) to Mekong nations over three years in implementing projects in all fields within the Mekong-Japan cooperation framework. This announcement was made at the 4th Meeting of Mekong-Japan Foreign...
Temasek Foundation from Singapore and Vietnam’s central city of Danang July 26 signed an agreement to enhance state officials' capabilities in preparing an urban transport system. The program was given a grant of more than SGD915,000 (nearly $760,...
Japan and the U.S. have agreed to provide aid for infrastructure development projects in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries under public-private partnership (PPP) model. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will cooperate with...
On July 21st, in the central province of Phu Yen, Ho Chi Minh City Youth Newspaper held a ceremony to present 176 scholarships worth VND365 million to students from four provinces in the south of central Vietnam. Hoang Tan Viet, permanent vice...
The Vietnam Women’s Union of Hanoi on July 26th held a conference to review its activities helping its members borrow capital from the Social Policy Bank during the period of 2007-2011. According to delegates, this is one of the core missions of the...
Vietnam is estimated to have recorded 20,600 hungry families between Jan and July, with 92,800 starveling people, down 21.6% and 24.1% on year, respectively, the government’s General Statistics Office (GSP) said. Most of the households are mainly in...
During a working trip to the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on July 28, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong said that the province should focus on ensuring social welfare and giving priority to rapid and sustainable poverty reduction...
Tuoi Tre’s scholarship for poor students awarded 140 scholarships in Hanoi yesterday. Besides handing over the VND4-million scholarships, Tuoi Tre also awarded prizes to 9 writers who had written letters of recommendation for these students....
The Prime Minister approved a VND33 billion ($1.6 million) project on July 22 to help Agent Orange (AO) victims in Central Highlands provinces and the south-eastern province of Tay Ninh in the 2011-2015 period. The project targets raising public...
